- Carbohydrates: Carbohydrate nomenclature, structures, anomeric effect: principles and applications, mutarotation, functional group modifications, glycosylations, biological importance of carbohydrates, enzymatic glycosylations, vaccine design.
- Proteins and Amino Acids: $\alpha $-Amino Acids, Other amino acids and their importance, isoelectric point, preparation of amino acids, reactions of AA, peptide bond formation, reagents-reactions, solid phase peptide synthesis, peptides and proteins.
- Lipids, terpenoids, prostaglandins, steroids, polyketides: Fatty Acids: Saturated, unsaturated (nomenclature), roles in biological processes, detergents, Fats & Oils, Phospholipids, cellular membrane
Prostaglandins; Terpenes; Steroids; Polyketides: Synthesis and Biosynthetic Mechanisms.
- Alkaloids: Classification, Indole alkaloids (the largest class of the alkaloids) Synthesis of some alkaloids: Mannich, Pictet-Spengler, and Bischler-Napieralski reactions.
- Dyes: Roles in plants and animals, classifications: Indigoid, anthraquinonoid, flavonoids, dihydropyranoids, carotenoids, etc.: Synthesis.
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